Re: The 47th POTUS - Donald J. Trump

[Rangi Guy]

[Bi_3]

Thanks to Trump, Scientists Are Planning to Run For Office

For American science, the next four years look to be challenging. The newly inaugurated President Trump, and many of his Cabinet picks, have repeatedly cast doubt upon the reality of human-made climate change, questioned the repeatedly proven safety of vaccines. Since the inauguration, the administration has already frozen grants and contracts by the Environmental Protection Agency and gagged researchers at the US Department of Agriculture. Many scientists are asking themselves: What can I do?

And the answer from a newly formed group called 314 Action is: Get elected.

The organization, named after the first three digits of pi, is a political action committee that was created to support scientists in running for office. It’s the science version of Emily’s List, which focuses on pro-choice female candidates, or VoteVets, which backs war veterans. “A lot of scientists traditionally feel that science is above politics but we’re seeing that politics is not above getting involved in science,” says founder Shaughnessy Naughton. “We’re losing, and the only way to stop that is to get more people with scientific backgrounds at the table.”

Hope this goes well for them.

This sounds like a not very good idea.

Yup. Wasn't there a Simpsons episode about this?

[McParadigm]

Why doesnt Stip post in here?

I've been wondering for months

[bune]

Thanks to Trump, Scientists Are Planning to Run For Office

For American science, the next four years look to be challenging. The newly inaugurated President Trump, and many of his Cabinet picks, have repeatedly cast doubt upon the reality of human-made climate change, questioned the repeatedly proven safety of vaccines. Since the inauguration, the administration has already frozen grants and contracts by the Environmental Protection Agency and gagged researchers at the US Department of Agriculture. Many scientists are asking themselves: What can I do?

And the answer from a newly formed group called 314 Action is: Get elected.

The organization, named after the first three digits of pi, is a political action committee that was created to support scientists in running for office. It’s the science version of Emily’s List, which focuses on pro-choice female candidates, or VoteVets, which backs war veterans. “A lot of scientists traditionally feel that science is above politics but we’re seeing that politics is not above getting involved in science,” says founder Shaughnessy Naughton. “We’re losing, and the only way to stop that is to get more people with scientific backgrounds at the table.”

Hope this goes well for them.

This sounds like a not very good idea.

[Strat]

Why doesnt Stip post in here?

I've been wondering for months

He posts long winded thoughtfulness on trump via facebook but appears to ignore his best friends here.

[dimejinky99]

Thread needs more agency.

[McParadigm]

That New York Times article on Trump's voter fraud story is blowing my mind

[McParadigm]

[bune]

I'm thinking that there are so many stories everywhere about the inane bullshit, why not link directly to the one you're talking about? I see three on the WSJ page right now. Is it the German guy? Is it the Steve Bannon story? Is it the "major investigation" that's going nowhere?

edit: see, you posted that while I was typing. bah!

[McParadigm]

Democrats:

“We can’t very well be at a fever pitch on everything,” said Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii). “The door swings both ways in Washington."

Meanwhile:

[McParadigm]

lol "Schatz"

[McParadigm]

In Trump's defense, in South Dakota I often found myself surrounded by people who looked like they shouldn't be allowed to vote.

[wease]

His hatred of Hispanics may not even be rivaled by his hatred of Muslims and blacks.

[Simple Torture]

His hatred of Hispanics may not even be rivaled by his hatred of Muslims and blacks.

To be as diplomatic as possible to Trump: he's relating the story of another guy who is ooooooooooooobviously suuuuuuuuuuuuuuper racist. But he's expecting it to get....a laugh? A bunch of nods? Who knows?

[McParadigm]

[LoathedVermin72]

i wonder when my wife is gonna get deported

[McParadigm]

How many times do you suppose Donald Trump has watched the first third of RoboCop and thought he was watching the news?

[pepperwhiteMFC]

[96583UP]

trump looks pretty miserable in most pics of him so far in the white house

i bet he hates this job already

he's not been groomed for rigorous labor

only rigorous leisure

[LoathedVermin72]

he might not survive four years